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166 Shape Handling

PADDING Drag to adjust the Outer padding, the Inner padding and the Cell
padding
SELECT/REPOSITION Click to select columns and rows - drag to reposition them
ADD/REMOVE Drag to add or remove columns or rows.

SHOW/HIDE CAPTION Click to show or hide the table caption title - edit using the TEXT
TOOL
COLUMN WIDTH Drag to adjust column widths
ROW HEIGHT Drag to adjust the height of the rows
RESIZE Drag to scale - Ctrl + Drag to stretch. Drag to stretch either
horizontally or vertically.
TAB Press Tab to move to the next cell along. Press Shift + Tab to move
back a cell. Insert the text caret into the end of the last cell and
press Tab to insert a new row underneath

Cell borders and merging cells
Select a cell, range of cells, row or column - then click on the green blob in the corner of
the selection to open a cell border menu.

The first 4 controls represent the four edges of the selected cells. You can click to
highlight any, or all, of them. In the above case the right edge is highlighted. If you now
adjust a line value, say to select a line width of 2pt, it will apply the line to the right edge
of the selected cells.

To merge adjacent cells into a single larger cell select two or more adjacent cells, and
click the MERGE CELL icon - the last one on the right of menu. Merged cells can be
restored back to their original un-merged state, by clicking the same control again.

Note: only while the Border Control UI is visible does applying line values affect the
selected edges. if you close the border control, then applying a line width, or line color, it
will apply to all 4 edges of the selection.

Adding rows and columns

When you add a row, the last row of the table is duplicated to create the new row. If the
table has different background colors for alternate rows, that formatting is maintained as
you add more rows. Adding columns works similarly. If the table cells contain embedded
objects or symbols however, then these will not be duplicated. Select rows and columns,
or ranges of cells using standard CTRL and SHIFT keys.